Word: rectorate
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...Richard Graham Crookshank, rector of the village church of Bere Ferrers in Devonshire, England, likes to appraise his congregation as follows: "We are a lovely agricultural parish set between two rivers. I don't like to sound conceited, but my parishioners are a bit above average. We are really great friends...
...performances. As Dr. Carter, Mel Ferrer gives a sensitive interpretation of a decent man caught in an indecent dilemma. Richard Hylton, in his first screen appearance, plays the difficult role of Carter's son with ease and assurance. Outstanding bit-player is the Rev. Robert Dunn, real-life rector of Portsmouth's St. John's Episcopal Church. His screenplay sermon on tolerance is a little masterpiece of low-keyed natural eloquence...
Established in memory of the late Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory who died last January 18, the fund is being raised by a Faculty committee chaired by the Reverend Frederic B. Kellogg, Chaplain to Episcopal students and Rector of Christ Church...
...been a dragged-out, losing fight to keep his son, Assistant Rector William Howard Melish, 38, on the staff of Brooklyn Heights's red stone Church of the Holy Trinity. Young Melish's busy left-wing activities (e.g., he was chairman of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship) had finally led Holy Trinity's vestrymen to appeal to the Bishop of Long Island for the ouster of their rector. After the court ruled, many a Holy Trinity parishioner hoped that son William would at last resign so that the bishop could reverse his decision...
...this week, embattled Rector Melish announced that he would see it through with his son to the bitter end by appealing to the appellate court. Meanwhile, he and young Melish would take no part in the services at the church which he has headed for 45 years. "My family and I," he announced, "will attend . . . as members of the parish...